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Giovanni De Cesare

giovanni.decesare@epfl.ch +41 21 693 25 17

EPFL ENAC IIC PL-LCH
GC A3 514 (Bâtiment GC)
Station 18
1015 Lausanne

EPFL ENAC IIC PL-LCH
Station 18
1015 Lausanne

EPFL ENAC IIC PL-LCH
Station 18
1015 Lausanne

EPFL ENAC IIC PL-LCH
Station 18
1015 Lausanne

Expertise

Numerical simulation and physical modeling of hydraulic works and schemes; reservoir sedimentation and turbidity currents; reservoir sediment management; Ultrasonic Doppler flow measurement; river training work and restoration; soil bioengineering and nature based solutions; fluvial eco-morphology; rapid transients in pressurized waterways; technology transfer, commissioned studies and expert reports in applied hydraulics, hydraulic constructions and infrastructures; organization of continuous education, workshops and conferences; quality management

Teaching & PhD

PhD Students

David Keller, Junjia Kang, Meghan Ellen Irving, Yahel Eliyahu-Yakir, Romain Van Mol, Francesca Padoan, Maryam Soltani

Past EPFL PhD Students as codirector

Jolanda Maria Isabella Jenzer Althaus, Michael Müller, Sabine Chamoun, Nicolas Jean Adam, Alain Foehn, Romain Maxime Dubuis, Christian Mörtl, Samuel Luke Vorlet

Courses

Dam engineering

CIVIL-411

Dams are paramount for human development around the world. The course is an introduction to the fascinating domain of dam engineering, from design to construction, for water storage and regulated supply, including for renewable energy generation (hydropower), flood protection and drought prevention

Fluvial hydraulics and river training works

CIVIL-410

The course provides the students with a solid theoretical background in fluvial hydraulics, as well as the basic concepts in river engineering that aim at conciliating hazard protection and environmental protection. Real-world examples illustrate the course.

Hidden rivers

PENS-219

Hidden Rivers aims at fulfilling the need for an interdisciplinary understanding of the problematics surrounding urban streams, through ecological, hydrological, and spatial relationships found in riverscapes.

Hydropower schemes and pumped-storage

CIVIL-469

The course deals with the conception and design of hydraulic structures used for production and/or storage of electric energy, including pumped hydro energy storage (PHES). We also discuss their technical/social/economical/environmental feasibility in the Swiss/European/Global energy transition.

Rhonescape

PENS-225

RHONEscape aims at realizing the necessary interdisciplinary educational background of the problematics affecting highly-corrected large rivers, by examining riverine ecological, hydrological and morphological spatial features with new methods of conceiving the space in and around rivers.

River eco-morphodynamics and bioengineering

ENV-418

The course deals with the interactions between hydraulics, solid transport by hauling and the watercourse space at the origin of the morphology and richness of habitats. Regime theory is presented and the quality of a stream's habitat is assessed.